Midfielder Byrce Clark and forward Lynden Gooch from the Santa Clara Sporting Boys 95 Team traveled to England in August to train and tryout with the Sunderland FC Youth Academy (England). Lynden Gooch and Riche Osborne (Sporting 92) also had a tryout with the West Ham United Youth Academy team, in East London, which has produced internationally reknowned players like Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Jermaine Defoe (Portsmouth), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) and Anton Ferdinand (Sunderland) to name but a few. While at West Ham Lynden played in three games against youth academy teams from England and Denmark, were he scored goals in every game and impressed the West Ham Academy staff with his level of play.

Riche Osborne was also called-up to the US National Team Camp in Florida, and was also asked to try-out for the Chivas US MLS Team.